AutoDash by Automatic Hits Google Play, a Car-Friendly Interface

Automatic, that little dongle you can stick in your car to see your MPG, time driven, and other various info from your car’s computer, released an app called AutoDash for Android users this week. With it, you can set up a screen for when you are driving, offering quick access to apps, Shazam, and Google Maps navigation.

When you open up the app, you set shortcuts through various applications. For example, you can set a navigation shortcut to work or home, and also set shortcuts to conversations inside of your messaging applications. To make the app even sweeter, users can even pin widgets, giving quick access to Shazam, Google Keep, or anything else.

The app is free to download from Google Play, available right now. And no, you do not need to have an Automatic dongle in order for the app to work. Although, a bit of added functionality is available if you do.

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Lucille Simpson

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instrument

Its a user friendly version of torque, with far less options….but more easy setup

Very ios friendly

MKader17

I really want an app that allows me to set intervals for maintenance (by mileage and time) and then, through bluetooth, checks the cars mileage and alerts me when I need to perform maintenance. Then I could perform said maintenance, log it, add pictures and notes if needed and set it for the next interval (based on when I actually performed it).

Is there an app that does that?

Xious

One thing I miss about Google Maps is just being able to put it in navigation mode without having to input a destination, just like the interfaces to those GPS units you can buy. I don’t know why they got rid of that.

demarcmj

this

ddh819

Waze has that, but yeah, would be nice to have in Gmaps again

BobButtons

+1 for Waze. Also seems to have better traffic info plus all the other features it offers.

calculatorwatch

Totally just had a flashback to the OG Droid and its car mode.

T4rd

Hah, ya know, I’ve always missed that magnetic docking mechanism (where the dock would have a weak magnet on it and would activate car or alarm clock mode) on the OG Droid and wished more phones would go back to that. I guess you could do the same with NFC tags, but it’s a lot more clunky that way.

calculatorwatch

Yeah that was a cool idea. Kind of forgot how innovative that phone was especially for its time.

Brian Lippman

What would be pretty great is if Google made Android Auto work even if you don’t have a dashboard radio that’s compatible. What I mean is, you open the Auto app and select an option that changes your phone into the Android Auto interface so you can still get the simplified car UI without having to get a whole new radio for your car (or just a new car).

Paul

I’ve thought the exact same thing and don’t see why they won’t do this. It just makes sense to have that option!

calculatorwatch

If you didn’t notice it already, check the AutoMate Beta at the top of this conversation. It basically does exactly what you’re describing. I agree though that it’s something that should be baked into Android, especially since Google’s location services can already tell when you start driving.

ddh819

I had it on my droid razr and razr m, I missed it when I switched to a lg g2

It is an app that’s based on the Android Auto SDK. So it runs as close as anything can with a little bit of customization to work like Android Auto on any newer phone/tablet. It can launch the app as soon as it connects to a (specific) bluetooth network, and automate settings based on that. I have been using it for a couple months already and have enjoyed every bit of it and not experienced any lag. Definitely worth checking out

love me some automate…is this app any better or offer anything different?

Picaso86

Just downloaded… Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks !

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MKader17

This is why I always scroll down to the comments! This works surprisingly well in my first few tries! I’m now actually motivated to get a car dock so that I can easily use this.

Lucille Simpson

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Dyan_Branielson

That first screenshot doesn’t look car friendly at all.

Blue Sun

If you thought that was bad, trying viewing the images in this article on a mobile device.